Na Zhi Yan’s face was filled with absolute shock. He exclaimed, “How could this be? So young, and yet already in the Flower Blossom Tier?”
A Flower Blossom Tier cultivator that had yet to reach his twenties was already enough of a shock that his eyeballs almost popped out of his head, what more Hu Niu who only looked to be about five or six years old. Even if she started cultivation when she was still in the womb, how could her cultivation reach this level?
The others were practically about to pass out from shock.
With this exchange of blows, the aura of the Flower Blossom Tier was fully exposed, making fear and reverence rise up in all of their hearts. This was because Flower Blossom Tier cultivators had completely discarded their mortality and ascended from the mortal world. Aside from those at the level of rulers in martial arts, this kind of aura would absolutely suppress everyone else.
This time, they had no choice but to believe the facts in front of them. Whether it was Na Zhi Yan or Ling Han, or even a five- or six-year-old little girl, they were all in the Flower Blossom Tier!
This was unnatural, absolutely unnatural. When had Flower Blossom Tier become so cheap? All of a sudden, there were three such mighty cultivators, and moreover, two of them were still so young.
Ling Han grinned and said, “Frog that sits at the bottom of a well, do you now know there will always be someone else better no matter how perfect things appear to be?”
Hu Niu bared her teeth at Na Zhi Yan. She had yet to use her strongest weapon.
Na Zhi Yan still looked very astonished and asked, “Are you the excellent disciples of Heaven’s Sword Sect or Cloud Phoenix Sect?”
“Neither!” Ling Han shook his head. “You don’t have to guess our origins. I came only to say one thing, immediately stop the excavation of the ancient mineshaft!”
“I regret that I cannot comply with your wishes!” Na Zhi Yan shook his head as well. “Young man, no matter which party you come from, you must definitely not interfere in this matter. This is a word of advice from me. If not… your only path is death!”
“Oh, is it really so exciting?” Ling Han laughed loudly. “Then I want to play even more!”
Na Zhi Yan’s face was filled with displeasure, and he asked, “What do you think of my skill?”
“Not that great, I will be able to subdue you in three moves!” Ling Han tossed out casually.
Na Zhi Yan almost died from fury. Forcibly suppressing his anger, he said, “Where I come from, even if there aren’t 100,000, there are at least 80,000 people at my level. And there is at least ten or twenty thousand people stronger than me!”
‘Hiss!’
The faces of those from Fire Country all twitched uncontrollably; what kind of terrifying party was that that Flower Blossom Tier cultivators numbered ten thousand? One had to understand: in the whole Fire Country, only the old emperor from four generations ago managed to break through to the Flower Blossom Tier with the aid of power of the nation. Furthermore, the power of the nation of one country was only sufficient to produce one Flower Blossom Tier cultivator.
Moreover, there were even people stronger than Flower Blossom Tier, and there was even as many as ten or twenty thousand of these terrifyingly powerful people.
Too terrifying; what kind of party was that!?
Ling Han gave an indifferent ‘oh’, and said, “Then I’m really curious now, which party did you come from?”
“Heng, that is none of your business. You need only know that if you stand against me, you will suffer a tragic end!” Na Zhi Yan said coldly.
“Niu, tell me, are we people who have managed to grow so far by being scared?” Ling Han suddenly asked Hu Niu.
“No!” Hu Niu exclaimed clearly.
“Then if someone threatens us, what should we do?” Ling Han asked.
“Beat him till he surrenders, use violence to beat him into submission!” Hu Niu declared with extreme ferocity.
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Ling Han looked at Na Zhi Yan and said with a smile, “Our motto is to use violence to enforce submission. If you don’t submit, we’ll beat you into submission!”
Na Zhi Yan’s expression turned even colder, and he said, “Young man, don’t be rash. If you do, you will— f***!”
He had not even finished his words when Ling Han already charged over. Ling Han leaped into the air and immediately aimed a kick at his face.
As the saying went, in a fight, never aim for the face. And Ling Han not only wanted to hit Na Zhi Yan’s face, he actually wanted to use his foot; Ling Han was really looking down on him too much!
“Junior, you are too arrogant!” Na Zhi Yan exclaimed in anger. He raised his hand and used a palm strike to parry the kick. Hong , seven spikes of ice spread out. The icy air was powerful, and instantly, the surrounding temperature dropped a few dozen degrees. Shards of ice formed in the air endlessly before falling onto the ground.
There were simple patterns flickering on the icy spikes; they formed multiple characters, as if they had transformed these seven spikes of ice into divine weapons.
Na Zhi Yan smirked coldly. ‘Unless you are an expert in kicking techniques, if you use your weak area to attack what your opponent is strong in, then you’re going to be in for a great deal of suffering.’
Peng!
This kick landed solidly. The spikes of ice instantly shattered, becoming shards that danced in the air. Furthermore, it was as if Ling Han’s foot had not been hindered at all, and continued its course ruthlessly towards Na Zhi Yan’s face.
How could this be!?
Though Na Zhi Yan did not exclaim in shock, his face still held that astonished expression. He was too flabbergasted; how big of a power gap was there between the two of them that would result in such a one-sided situation?
Peng!
Before Na Zhi Yan knew it, Ling Han’s foot landed mercilessly directly onto his face. Due to the powerful impact, Na Zhi Yan instantly collapsed onto the ground; his whole head was forcibly trampled into the limestone path, making him look like a headless monster.
Hiss, that was too horrible; a grand and mighty Flower Blossom Tier cultivator was actually thrashed so horribly!
Peng , pieces of rock flew and Na Zhi Yan shot back up, his expression completely dark. In such a small, mundane place like the north region, he actually suffered such humiliation; this was practically enough to fill him with the urge to commit suicide! Thankfully, it was not witnessed by any members of his party, or he would really have no pride left to face them.
“Ju—”
Peng!
He just said one word, and immediately was knocked over by another kick from Ling Han. His head was once again buried in the limestone path.
A hint of sympathy flashed over the faces of all the bystanders. In their eyes, Flower Blossom Tier cultivators were a revered existence as if they were gods, but a being like that was currently suffering so terribly now, having his head being repeatedly stepped on by another. Really, they didn’t know what to say anymore.
“F***—” Na Zhi Yan shot out of the ground for the second time, but like before, he merely said one word when he was once again stomped back into the ground by Ling Han’s foot.
Three times, five times, ten times!
By the tenth time, Na Zhi Yan finally understood that he was completely no match for Ling Han. Thus, he decided to be more obedient. He not only didn’t shoot back out of the ground, he did not make any more sound. He was acting like a complete ostrich, but what could you do about it?
Ai, for a Flower Blossom Tier elite to do this kind of thing, what a humiliation!
But all knew that the reason for that was because Ling Han was too powerful, and was completely superior to him in battle prowess; what else could Na Zhi Yan do but submit?
“Fun!” Hu Niu clapped her hands, then swept a threatening glare over the spectators, and asked in displeasure, “Why does Niu not hear applause?”
Ling Han smiled slightly, crouched on the ground, and asked, “Master Na, can we converse calmly now?”
Na Zhi Yan wanted to cry but had no tears. He had been trying to resolve things peacefully, but the other party was so damn violent; at first, Ling Han had a little girl attack him, then he himself attacked; how many times had he been thrashed by now? But in front of these two violent characters, how could he dare voice any objection? He quickly clapped a hand on the ground, expressing that he was willing to have a peace talk.
“Then talk nicely. Don’t bury your head deep into the ground, or I will think that you have some complaint about me— oh, right. You don’t have a complaint about me, do you?”
Na Zhi Yan pulled his head out of the ground, shook his head quickly and exclaimed, “I wouldn’t dare! I wouldn’t dare!”
“Wouldn’t dare or wouldn’t?” Ling Han asked, smiling.
“Wouldn’t, and wouldn’t dare to, either!” Na Zhi Yan finally became smarter this time round.
Ling Han patted his shoulder, then said, “This is a very good start. I am very satisfied. You had better continue to let me feel satisfied. Otherwise, if I am dissatisfied, then you’ll suffer.”
“Understand, I understand.” Na Zhi Yan quickly nodded.
“Talk about your origins first.” Ling Han was very curious. Na Zhi Yan’s martial arts inheritance seemed to be greatly different from the traditional Dao of this world.
“Er—” Na Zhi Yan hesitated.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “Actually, I can also search your soul.”
Na Zhi Yan’s face instantly turned green. If his soul was searched, then his spirit would be completely destroyed, and he would be deader than dead! However, Soul Search was definitely not something that a Flower Blossom Tier cultivator should be able to use… but the problem was, what other Flower Blossom Tier cultivator could be as young as Ling Han?
Thus, he would rather believe Ling Han’s threat than doubt him only to regret later.
“I come from the Sea Race!” he quickly answered.
“Sea Race?” Ling Han was surprised. In both his lifetimes, he had never heard of this ‘Sea Race’; where had this party come from? Wait, outside the Desolate North was the ocean, so was the Sea Race a race that resided in the oceans?
Na Zhi Yan nodded, and without waiting for Ling Han to ask, began to explain, “Actually, the majority of this world is sea. I come from the Northern Sea; aside from that, there also exist four other seas—the Eastern Sea, the Western Sea, the Southern Sea, and the Central Sea.”
No wonder Na Zhi Yan had said that where he came from, there were 100,000 Flower Blossom Tier cultivators, and there were at least ten to twenty thousand people stronger than even the Flower Blossom Tier.
“Yi, the 100,000 Flower Blossom Tier cultivators you mentioned, were you referring all the seas, or just your Northern Sea?” Ling Han questioned.
“Our Northern Sea,” Na Zhi Yan answered honestly.
Ling Han’s expression changed slightly. Though he had never gone to the central prefecture or the other three regions, he roughly estimated that there were only about 100,000 Flower Blossom Tier cultivators in them altogether. The north region had the least, possibly not even having 10,000.
But merely the Northern Sea already had 100,000 Flower Blossom Tier cultivators. If all five seas had about the same power base, then how powerful was the Sea Race?
“Among your Sea Race, which sea is the most powerful?” he asked.
“Naturally, the Central Sea. That is where our Sea Emperor resides, the place that all members of the Sea Race hope to reach!” Na Zhi Yan declared, filled with longing.
“Give me some concrete details about the martial arts level in your Northern Sea,” Ling Han asked.
Since Na Zhi Yan had already spoken, he no longer had any intention to keep matters hidden. He said, “In our Northern Sea, the leader is naturally the Royal Clan of the Sea Race, and beneath them, there are a great many general clans.” When he saw Ling Han shoot him a glare, he hurriedly added, “General clans have at least powerful elites of the Deity Transformation Tier, whereas the Royal Clan has at least Heaven Tier ultimate elites. It is rumored that there were even a few kings that had broken through to the Shattering Void Tier, and they are the most powerful existence in the whole world.”
The Shattering Void Tier!
Ling Han could not help but feel rueful. How important was it to be born in a good era? In his last life, there was a great shortage of Spiritual Qi in the whole world, and the environment for martial arts was terrible. Even monsters like the Sword Emperor could only be trapped in the Heaven Tier. And with his talent in alchemy, if he had been born in an era like the current one, he definitely could have broken through to the Shattering Void Tier, or even become a true immortal, simply with alchemy.
The current him was absolutely not qualified to stand against an ultimate elite of the Shattering Void Tier.
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When he touched on the subject of the Shattering Void Tier, Na Zhi Yan seemed to have regained his confidence. He said, “Human Race’s Sir, even if your battle prowess is monstrous, you are still only in the Flower Blossom Tier after all. There is no way that you would be able to match the Sea Race of our Northern Sea. Furthermore, I am under the command of a lord from one of the general clans to come here to retrieve an ancient object. I shall leave upon retrieving it. Us members of the Sea Race dislike land, and will definitely not invade the land masses.”
These words were quite believable. At least, Ling Han had never heard of the Sea Race in his last life. Obviously, they each minded their own business, and did not make any attempts to trespass onto each other’s territory.
Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “Has your brain been kicked by a donkey? In the territory of our Human Race, you still ask me not to meddle in the business of others?”
Na Zhi Yan instantly felt cold. It was one thing how powerful the Sea Race was; the problem now was that he had fallen into Ling Han’s hands, and whether he lived or died was completely at the latter’s whim. He quickly said, “I know my mistake. I know my mistake.”
What a humiliation; an elite of the Flower Blossom Tier would actually act so humble.
Though people could not hear what Ling Han and Na Zhi Yan said, simply looking at the submissive, servile display that Na Zhi Yan was putting on, they were aware that he now wanted nothing more than to lick Ling Han’s shoes.
Disdainful!
“General clan, those that have Heaven Tier cultivators?” Ling Han rubbed his chin, then asked curiously, “Since your Sea Race is so powerful, why did they send someone like you?”
Na Zhi Yan was feeling very depressed. The martial arts level of this Desolate North was not that high; even “someone like him” should be strong enough to do as he liked. He said, “I am one of the Sea Demon Race, and am naturally proficient at bewitching. That lord from the general clan has no desire to create any great uproar, because that mineshaft is too strange. If there were many members of the Sea Race who died there, it may even attract the attention of the Royal Clan.”
“Then what exactly is the object that you seek?” Ling Han asked.
Na Zhi Yan hesitated slightly, then said, “It is said to be a vial, but I am not very sure.”
“What is it used for?”
“I don’t know, either. All I know is that the lord values it very much and has commanded me to do things quietly, but I must definitely obtain that vial.”
“Is the way you do things considered quiet?” Ling Han humphed, but when he thought about it, there was no communication between the seas and land—no matter how many people died on land, what relation did it have with the Sea Race? They would not care at all, so in this aspect, Na Zhi Yan had really been doing things quietly.
> “Sir…” Na Zhi Yan said pitifully. His battle prowess was definitely considered top-tier in the Desolate North, but among the Sea Race, he could only be barely considered a strong cultivator. Thus, he did not have that kind of powerful aura, nor did he have the unyielding personality of a true elite cultivator.
In other words, he was soft.
Ling Han gave it some thought, then said, “You stay here with me for a while!” He knocked Na Zhi Yan unconscious with a single palm strike, then withdrew him into the Black Tower.
Because of this member of the Sea Race, who knew how many humans had died? Ling Han naturally would not let him go so easily. However, he still wanted to ask Na Zhi Yan for some more information about the Sea Race, and thus had no plans to kill the latter as of this moment.
Seeing a Flower Blossom Tier cultivator so easily dealt with by Ling Han, everyone’s hearts were filled with anxiety. If Ling Han wanted to kill them, that would merely be as easy as flipping his hand over. Flower Blossom Tier cultivators had transcended mortality, and were inconceivably powerful.
Ling Han looked at Bo Wen Lin, smiled, and said, “Master Bo—”
“No! No!” Bo Wen Lin waved his hands quickly. If he was actually addressed by an elite cultivator of Flower Blossom Tier cultivator as Master, that was obviously like grilling him on top of an open fire.
Ling Han said in displeasure, “Master Bo seems to like cutting off the words of others.”
Bo We Lin really felt like dying. He simply did not want Ling Han to address him respectfully; what did he do wrong again? But when Ling Han said that, how could he dare to talk back? He merely shut his mouth obediently.
“Come with me to see the Fire Emperor,” Ling Han said, smiling.
Bo Wen Lin instantly hesitated. ‘It can’t be that you’re in the mood for some murder and want to kill even the Fire Emperor, right?’
“Yi, didn’t Master Bo say that you would follow me wherever I go? I remember very distinctly those were your exact words,” Ling Han said, smiling. “The thing I hate most is those who go back on their words. Do you want me to hate you?”
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